Sherwood Reserve
Castle Rock Brewery in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England 🏴
Stout Regular|
Score
6.68
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Sherwood Reserve is an extension of our Natural Selection wildlife beers. This beer pays tribute to Nottinghamshire’s famous Sherwood Forest, recognised across the globe as the home of famous outlaw, Robin Hood. Sherwood Reserve, like many other reserves across the nation, is in need of maintenance and conservation to preserve its natural beauty and wildlife.
Castle Rock has brewed stouts on a seasonal basis for a long time, and the popularity of this beer style has continued to grow. Sherwood Reserve, launched officially in January 2015, marks the first stout to join our range of regular beers. Brewed with fresh Columbian coffee beans, Sherwood Reserve is a smooth, balanced and decadent stout, with notes of chocolate and coffee.
Castle Rock has brewed stouts on a seasonal basis for a long time, and the popularity of this beer style has continued to grow. Sherwood Reserve, launched officially in January 2015, marks the first stout to join our range of regular beers. Brewed with fresh Columbian coffee beans, Sherwood Reserve is a smooth, balanced and decadent stout, with notes of chocolate and coffee.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Canal House, Nottingham. Clear very dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate and a hint of smoke. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and roasted moderate bitter finish. 260717
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jul 2017
at 13:55
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask @ Canalhouse, Nottingham. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, chocolate, caramel, lactose sugar and hops. Nice bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jul 2017
at 13:52
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask half-pint at The Crown Inn, Oakengates on 28th Apr 2017. Very dark brown, almost black in fact: on top a good beige topping of foam. Malty nose, roasted and toasted, the taste also malt centric with some coffee and liquorice flavours oozing out, mild bitterness from the roasted malts too. A decent Stout on all accounts.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 May 2017
at 01:54
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ The Architect, Chester [070417]
Very dark brown, dense beige head
Aroma of dark malts, soft dark chocolate, mellow roast, nice dark malts
Taste of smooth dark malts, soft roast coffee, mellow roast, gets more roasty with the drinking
Palate - Medium body, smooth texture. Finish of smooth dark malts, more bitter roast in the tail
Overall - Good texture, good soft roast, decent stout
Very dark brown, dense beige head
Aroma of dark malts, soft dark chocolate, mellow roast, nice dark malts
Taste of smooth dark malts, soft roast coffee, mellow roast, gets more roasty with the drinking
Palate - Medium body, smooth texture. Finish of smooth dark malts, more bitter roast in the tail
Overall - Good texture, good soft roast, decent stout
Tried
from Cask
on 04 May 2017
at 19:30
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tried at the Golden Eagle, Lincoln. Black colour with a thick tan head. Roasted malty aroma and taste. Light fruity, coffee, and a touch of liquorice. Full creamy body makes it very smooth.
Tried
on 14 Feb 2017
at 10:20
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 2015, National Winter Ales Festival (2015), The Roundhouse, Pride Park, Derby, Derbyshire, England, DE24 8JE. [ As Castle Rock Sherwood Reserve ].Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, sweet malt, roasted, caramel, dark malt. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet with a average to long duration, sweet malt, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150211]
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2016
at 13:31
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask, gravity at Worcester Beer Festival, Friday 7th August. Pours black with a little scummy head. A touch of coffee and wet wood on the nose, tart fruity bite. Coffee comes through, also got a little snatch of chilli but there ain’t any in here so wishful thinking I reckon. Still it is a good Stout. A6 A4 T7 P3 Ov13 3.3
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Aug 2015
at 07:01
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask @ Ship & Mitre, Liverpool. Very dark but not quite black with a small creamy head. It’s an easy drinking stout with some very light milky-smooth notes and light roasted malts throughout its character.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Apr 2015
at 15:15